--- product_id: 244928 title: "Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities" price: "₱6957" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/244928-cool-tools-a-catalog-of-possibilities store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities **Price:** ₱6957 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities - **How much does it cost?** ₱6957 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/244928-cool-tools-a-catalog-of-possibilities) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities [Kelly, Kevin] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities Review: Extraordinarily useful, endlessly fascinating - COOL TOOLS is a sprawling compilation of useful tool reviews that author Kevin Kelly and a thousand contributors wrote over a 10-year period on Kelly's blog of the same name. Every tool in this massive (472 pages, 11" x 14") collection was recommended by an avid tool user who actually used the tool. Every tool in COOL TOOLS is either the best, the cheapest, or the only thing that works. A builder for 40 years, I thought I knew a bit about tools. Not anymore. Kelly and his crew have put together the most exhaustive, inventive and mind-bending selection of stuff I've ever seen. For starters, their definition of tools encompasses more or less every human activity on earth. So in addition to hand jacks that can raise 7000 lbs., the Teeny Turner (a pocket sized driver), portable band saws, and laser measuring tools, you can find the best source on how to buy a car cheaply, make a low-budget movies, brew your own beer, rear an optimistic child, design a logo, win a fight, soak in feral (!) hot springs, learn to swim efficiently, prepare for a natural disaster, vagabond the world, do something dangerous (and live to tell about it), run for local office and win, go solar on your roof, or (a great boon to Boomers) remember anything. This list doesn't scratch the surface of what's in COOL TOOLS and that's one of the things that makes it so irresistible--you return to it again and again. Open it at random and you experience something like being six again, with a child's sense of delight and wonder at how clever people can be and what abundance this world holds. Like the Whole Earth Catalogue from 40 years ago, COOL TOOLS might just delight and empower a new generation of people who love learning--and doing. A most remarkable book. Review: Engaging book, conversation starter - I had no idea how fun it would be to flip through a catalogue of things of all kinds. I got my book a few years ago so the content is probably outdated for some categories, but the general, core things should still apply. A great ”coffee table” book and conversation starter. Can be read quite casually, a LOT more engaging than some product review website. I hope this kind of product can be released and updated periodically. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #559,177 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #302 in Consumer Guides (Books) #32,484 in Business & Money (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 497 Reviews | ## Images ![Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/9179fIGQe0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extraordinarily useful, endlessly fascinating *by H***S on December 18, 2013* COOL TOOLS is a sprawling compilation of useful tool reviews that author Kevin Kelly and a thousand contributors wrote over a 10-year period on Kelly's blog of the same name. Every tool in this massive (472 pages, 11" x 14") collection was recommended by an avid tool user who actually used the tool. Every tool in COOL TOOLS is either the best, the cheapest, or the only thing that works. A builder for 40 years, I thought I knew a bit about tools. Not anymore. Kelly and his crew have put together the most exhaustive, inventive and mind-bending selection of stuff I've ever seen. For starters, their definition of tools encompasses more or less every human activity on earth. So in addition to hand jacks that can raise 7000 lbs., the Teeny Turner (a pocket sized driver), portable band saws, and laser measuring tools, you can find the best source on how to buy a car cheaply, make a low-budget movies, brew your own beer, rear an optimistic child, design a logo, win a fight, soak in feral (!) hot springs, learn to swim efficiently, prepare for a natural disaster, vagabond the world, do something dangerous (and live to tell about it), run for local office and win, go solar on your roof, or (a great boon to Boomers) remember anything. This list doesn't scratch the surface of what's in COOL TOOLS and that's one of the things that makes it so irresistible--you return to it again and again. Open it at random and you experience something like being six again, with a child's sense of delight and wonder at how clever people can be and what abundance this world holds. Like the Whole Earth Catalogue from 40 years ago, COOL TOOLS might just delight and empower a new generation of people who love learning--and doing. A most remarkable book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging book, conversation starter *by D***G on June 21, 2025* I had no idea how fun it would be to flip through a catalogue of things of all kinds. I got my book a few years ago so the content is probably outdated for some categories, but the general, core things should still apply. A great ”coffee table” book and conversation starter. Can be read quite casually, a LOT more engaging than some product review website. I hope this kind of product can be released and updated periodically. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome! *by L***N on December 10, 2013* This is the most exciting book I've seen in years. It's the Whole Earth Catalog come back to life in technicolor and updated for the 21st century. For 10 years, Kevin Kelly, one of the founders of Wired Magazine, has run the Cool Tools website/blog (kk.org), with daily reviews of useful tools of every nature, and this is a compilation in book form of the best and the brightest. It's a real book that knocks the socks off any kind of electronic media; for graphic books, print on paper has still got a magic that can't be duplicated digitally. It's been sitting on the kitchen table for a week now, and every single person that comes by sits down and gets immersed in it. If you're one of the millions of Whole Earth Catalog fans from years back, you're going to love this book. If you don't know what the WEC was or about its profound impact on American culture in the 60s and 70s, check it out on Wikipedia. There must be thousands of tools here, from lightweight tents to noise cancelling earphones to the best LED flashlights to grain grinders. Computer enhancements, books, work clothes, shop tools and kitchen tools and garden tools, sports bras, ukuleles, skateboards and baby strollers -- don't get me started! And the reviews are -- ahem -- way better (more informed and in my opinion more trustworthy) than Amazon reviews. Full disclosure: I was the shelter editor of the Whole Earth Catalog back in the day, Kevin is a friend, I've written a bunch of reviews in the book, and a number of our books at Shelter Publications are reviewed here, so I'm hardly unbiased. But if none of this were true and if I had just picked this book up out of the blue, I would love it just as much. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/244928-cool-tools-a-catalog-of-possibilities](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/244928-cool-tools-a-catalog-of-possibilities) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*